Is TiVo the new fax?
Have you seen what TiVo is doing?
TiVo is leveraging the Internet in some creative ways. The following clip from paidcontent.org focuses on TiVo’s new features, which could have dramatic impact on television networks and many other media ecosystems. Surely YouTube will be affected when consumers can “subscribe” to video feeds from their friends, or any video producer they wish, and have those movies delivered directly to their TVs for viewing at their leisure.
How will it impact NFL teams sites? I have no idea at this moment.
But what about B2B?
Imagine having an “office” channel on your TiVo. A meeting takes place in one location. The meeting is video taped. While you “sleep”, your Tivo grabs that video and makes it available for you to watch on your home or office television at your leisure.
And why not “vertical” channels of video content? All of a sudden that seems quite practical.
Could Tivo be the next “fax” machine – where the value of owning a TiVo box is increased with each new TiVo box added to the network?
Media Tivo Extends TivoCast Online-To-TV Service; Ties With ICM ON Celebrity Channels
Posted by Rafat Ali Tue 14 Nov 2006 01:32 AM PST
Tivo is slowly ramping it up, but “slow” might turn out to be the operative word here: Tivo has launched several new features designed to download from the Internet for playback on TV sets. The new options include a home movie service, through which users can create an Internet “channel” that automatically broadcasts clips of kids’ birthday parties and other movies over the Internet to family and friends with TiVo recorder boxes.
It is also extending its online-to-TV-download TivoCast service, launched earlier this year. New batch of partners including CBS, Reuters, Forbes magazine and others.
USAToday: Also, a free upgrade to $25 TiVo Desktop Plus software will let TiVo subscribers convert non-copy-protected videos on their PC into a format playable on TV. Another new feature: A deal with One True Media will let TiVo customers transmit videos via the Internet to other people’s TiVos. After five transmissions, senders will have to pay about $4 a month.
HollywoodReporter: TiVo and ICM announced a partnership that will create an artist-driven programming service consisting of celebrity “channels” that can broadcast an artist’s TV and film recommendations, original downloadable video content and personal messages about their favorite projects and causes. No money changed hands as part of the deal, which can potentially generate advertiser revenue for TiVo, ICM and the artists involved through sponsorship and promotional opportunities.
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